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Today's ready-to-run models are better detailed than ever before but, without those all-important final touches, they lack individuality. Custom weathering is the best way of turning a standard out-of-the-box model into an exhibition show-stopper. 
This programme will help you understand how weathering works and how to reproduce it convincingly in miniature form. 
As a highly regarded teacher, writer and demonstrator of all aspects of weathering, Tim Shackleton explores creative airbrush work alongside a variety of hand-finishing techniques such as acrylic washes, salt weathering, graffiti, paint fading and detail weathering using gouache, enamels and powders. There's also a section on airbrush care and maintenance to help you keep your equipment in first-class condition. 
From rust-pocked mineral wagons to faded, oil-spattered diesels, each project is based as closely as possible on actual prototype examples. Faithfully copying every last streak, dribble and blemish on the real thing, Tim shows you how to use different techniques and materials to maximum effect. 
Whatever scale or gauge you model in, you couldn't have a more comprehensive guide to the subject.
Among the topics covered in detail are: 
• Dirty diesels 
• Hard-working Steam 
• The "Bare Wood" Look 
• Rusty Steel-bodied Minerals 
• Airbrush Maintenance 
• Graffiti Attack 
• Filthy Ferrywagons 
• Convincing-looking Trackwork